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J. D. PITZ-PATRIGK. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Patented June 29, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. FITZ-PATRICK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO HARMON ROBINSON, OF SAME PLACE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 585,195, dated June29, 1897i i Application led October 7, 1896. Serial No. 608,073. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. Fuz-PATRICK, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Non-Reiillable Bottles,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an improvement in non-retillable bottles,whereby access to the contents of the bottle cannot be had withoutbreaking the neck of said bottle.

Figures l and 2 represent vertical sections showing the parts indifferent positions. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section showing the Ybottle after the same has been broken.

Similar letters of reference indicate'correspending parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bottle which has a neck B, thesame being adapted to receive an ordinaryv cork C at B.

D designates a projection on the said neck B, the lower Wall E of whichis inclined inwardly and is made much thinner than the rest of thebottle, and said projection D forming an inclined shoulder F on theinterior of said neck. The upper portion B of the neck B is provided ator near the top with a shoulder G.

H designates a metallic disk or other suitable head, which has inthepresent instance an eye J, in which is supported the springarms K,formed of a single piece of material,

' the latter having the feet L at each end, said head sealing the mouthof the bottle.

The operation is as follows: After the bottle has been filled the cork Cis placed in the neck B, after which the spring-arms K are pressedtogether and forced in the neck B until the arms spring out, as shown inFig. 2, and the feet L engage the shoulder F, the disk H being adaptedto be seated upon the shoulder Gr.Y

It will be seen that it will be impossible to remove the disk H and thespring-arms K, and hence the cork C, until the neck of the bottle isbroken. Because of the thinness of the material at E this may readily bedone, after which the cork may be removed.V

I do'not desire to be limited to the exact construction which I havehere shown and described, but may make such changes as may come withinthe scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A non-reiillable bottle having a neck por tion adapted to receive acork, a projection on said neck, a shoulder on the interior of said neckhaving an upwardly-inclined wall, asecond shoulder in the upper portionof said neck, a head which is adapted to be seated on saidlast-1nentioned shoulder, an eye or other suitable fastening devicesecured to said head, a spring-arm formed of a single piece of materialengaged by said eye and feet on said spring-arm which are adapted toengage said first-mentioned shoulders.

JOHN D. FITZ-PATRICK.

